Original title: Sources of the cusp plasma for the different sign of IMF By
Authors: Šimůnek, Jiří ; Šafránková, J. ; Němeček, Z. ; Wing, S.
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: Annual Conference of Doctoral Students /11./, Prague (CZ), 2002-06-11 / 2002-06-14
Year: 2002
Language: eng
Abstract: The importance of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) direction for the cusp formation was dicovered a long time ago. A sign of the IMF Bz component is believed to be responsible for a location of the plasma entry into the cusp. The paper uses the INTERBALL-1 and MAGION-4 data to study the high-altitude cusp topology for different IMF By orientations. The study reveals the importance of IMF horizontal components on the cusp configuration as well as on small-scale processes at the outer cusp. We discuss an influence of the tilt angle of the Earth's dipole on these processes.
Keywords: cusp plasma; INTERBALL-1; magnetopause
Project no.: CEZ:AV0Z3042911 (CEP), GA205/02/0947 (CEP)
Funding provider: GA ČR
Host item entry: Week of doctoral students 2001 - WDS'02. Part 2: Physics of plasmas and ionized media, ISBN 80-85863-88-X

Institution: Institute of Atmospheric Physics AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0073399

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